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Activism Why the “Statue of Peace” Exhibition Is an Act of Practice

The solidarity practice of Japanese citizens who finally realized the exhibition of the “Statue of Peace” through the “Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition”—more than a decade in the making.

Kohei Kurahashi (倉橋耕平)

AI 인터랙티브 증언 콘텐츠 ©한국여성인권진흥원 일본군‘위안부’문제연구소

Culture Testimony, Common Voice - An Exhibition of the AI Interactive Testimony Content, “Encountering Testimonies”

This is where the validity of the questions posed by this tangible AI interactive testimony content to the viewer lies: bringing up issues again about what to ask, not what to listen to. That’s because asking well must be accompanied by the constant consideration of the questioner. This, of course, would be to restore asking within the process of listening, not a reconversion or return to asking.

Bae Ju-yeon

Culture An Answer Possible Only in This Moment

Exploring the “Comfort Women” through Miji Ih’s three-part project Münder and the exhibition Mangshitori

Miji Ih

Culture No Longer Silenced!

A review of Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict, the UK’s first exhibition focusing on the issue of sexual violence during modern and contemporary global conflicts.

Nikolai Johnsen

Culture [We Met, and Now We Are Healing Together] Interview with Ahn Hae-ryong and Ito Takashi

The photo exhibition , in which the victims of the Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ (called ‘Comfort Women’) from South Korea and North Korea join together, was held from March 6 to 11 at Exhibition Hall 2 of the Insa Art Center.

Ahn Hae-ryong

Activism Inside the Asia Pacific Peace Museum in Toronto

The Asia Pacific Peace Museum in Toronto, one of the few museums outside Asia dedicated to World War II in Asia, offers education that encourages critical reflection on war, memory, and peace.

Flora Mei-Ling Chong

Current Issue Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust and Afterward

This article foregrounds the long-overlooked sexual violence perpetrated against Jewish women during the Holocaust. It calls for fuller integration of survivors’ testimonies of sexual violence into our understanding of Holocaust history and prompts recognition of the ongoing reality of conflict-related sexual violence today.

Rochelle G. Saidel

Culture What Sensations Do Artificial Intelligence(AI)-Based Testimonies of Presence Create?

the blanks in written language can connect us to the past more powerfully than the original voice, depending on how we relate to the testimonies.

Song Hye-rim

Culture Don’t dwell on anger; treat it as if it’s your current problem – Interview with Paek Sun-haeng, an activist from the Museum of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan

Written by Paek Sun-haeng, Team Manager, The Museum of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, an affiliate organization of the Daegu Citizen Forum for Halmuni

Paek Sun-haeng

사회정의교육재단에서 제작한 위안부 역사 교재

Education To a humane society cherishing the history of marginalized populations – Interview with Sohn Sung-sook, President of the Education for Social Justice Foundation (ESJF)

Sohn Sung-sook, President of the Education for Social Justice Foundation (ESJF)

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Current Issue The Japanese Military “Comfort Women” and the Multilayeredness of Coercion

How has our understanding of “coercion” in forced labor and the Japanese military “Comfort Women” system changed over time? This essay examines the multilayered nature of these issues, moving beyond nationalist narratives and historical denialism toward a broader understanding through the lens of universal human rights.

Jie-Hyun Lim

Current Issue Reflecting on the “Comfort Women” Issue Through the Framework of Women’s Human Rights

This article examines the Japanese military “comfort women” issue through the lens of women’s human rights, extending the discussion to structural violence against women, social exclusion, and economic inequality. It further calls for victim-centered social restructuring and redistribution.

Joohee Kim

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